5 Safety jobs in Emalahleni

Description/Synopsis:

Our client is seeking an experienced Safety Manager to be based in Witbank. The successful candidate will have in-depth knowledge of the MHSA and DMRE requirements and will be responsible for managing a team of safety officers. This role is critical in driving a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards, and creating a safe working environment across all mining sites.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12
• COMSOC I & II
• Tertiary Qualification (Degree/Diploma) in Risk Management
• SCAT / ICAM
• Minimum 7 years’ relevant working experience
• At least 3 years at the Chief Safety level
• Computer literate
• Valid EB driver’s licence (or equivalent)
• Advantageous:
  • Blasting Ticket / Trade Certificate / Metallurgy Certificate
  • Postgraduate Qualification
  • NADSAM / SAMTRAC
  • Safety Auditors Course

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage, develop, and oversee safety programs and policies to minimise workplace hazards and ensure compliance.
• Drive risk management initiatives and conduct compliance audits, inspections, and policy reviews.
• Lead incident management and investigations, ensuring accurate documentation and reporting.
• Promote a safety-first culture through effective communication and engagement strategies.
• Ensure emergency preparedness and oversee safety training and awareness programs.
• Ensure compliance with all MHSA requirements and company policies, remaining accountable for all legislative obligations.

Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of MHSA & DMRE requirements
• Proficiency in ICAM, Audit Protocols, and HSEQ Systems
• Skilled in incident investigation, report writing, analysis, and judgment
• Ability to take action, manage tasks, and follow procedures
• Strong focus on meeting deadlines, upholding standards, and accurate reporting
• Excellent communication, engagement, and information articulation skills
• Committed to ethical decision-making and promoting a culture of safety

Job highlights

Glencore Coal SA

Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa

iMpunzi Complex

Job ID

IMP MM 2025/06

Closing date

25/09/2025

Last Updated

17/09/2025

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies. Our global network comprises more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries, with over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil production assets, farms and agricultural facilities. Our strategy is to maintain and build upon our position as a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities worldwide. We employ over 150,000 employees and contractors, who collectively work to deliver our strategy and support our values of safety, integrity, responsibility, openness, simplicity and entrepreneurialism. Its these people that we value above all else. They are our greatest asset.

Join us and let's grow together.

We are currently accepting applications for the following position located in the Witbank, Mpumalanga area.

Safety Superintendent

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing an integrated Health, Safety and Environmental support function to ensure compliance to legislation, company policies, procedures and standards.

Key Responsibilities

Establishing and maintaining the Safety Management System, including Fatal Hazard Protocols and Catastrophic Hazards.

Promoting Health and Safety awareness and compliance within the organisation.

Leading and/or conducting internal audits.

Ensuring adherence and compliance to all relevant HSE requirements.

Effective engagement and communications with relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

A relevant tertiary qualification (NQF Level 7)

A Business qualification and professional registration will be advantageous.

Minimum Experience

2 Years' experience in a Safety Officer role.

Behaviour Competencies:

Ability to drill into the detail of issues to determine root cause whilst considering urgency, importance, risk and reward factors.

Ability to carefully and objectively analyse and evaluate information to inform decisions and key actions.

Ability to inspire and foster commitment, pride and trust amongst team members by taking a democratic approach, seeking and valuing contributions and encouraging collaboration.

Ability to work consistently hard to achieve deliverables and honour commitments made.

DRA Water is looking for qualified local individual for their project based on the Klipsruit Water Treatment Plant in Klipspruit, Mpumalanga. This position is based on a Project Based Fixed Term Contract.

JUNIOR SAFETY OFFICER

PURPOSE

To support the Site Manager implementing, monitoring, and maintaining health, safety, and environmental standards across the workplace, ensuring compliance with legislation, company policies, and procedures, to ensure compliance to site, client specific and legislative requirements. Builds a safety culture that causes no harm to the people, environment and the companies involved.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Legislation

Implementation of:

• Mine Health & Safety act No 29 of 1996 and or;
• Occupational Health and Safety act No 85 of 1993;
• National Environmental Management Act no 107 of 1998 and local Bi-Laws.
• Ensure statutory compliance with respect to key plant equipment.
• Confirm that work practices are safe and in compliance with legislative requirements.
• Coordinate the availability of all legal appointments, reflecting the requirements of our clients and any other legal requirement and updated following changes.
• Ensure compliance to the COID Act.
• Maintain a valid copy of the Letter of good standing and ensure it is available to all interested parties.
• Coordinate the attendance of medicals and training by all staff , verify all onboarding employees are fit to perform work and ensure follow-up or periodic medicals are timeously attended.
• Verify that personnel are trained to perform their tasks and are inducted on the site HSE requirements.

Heath, Safety and Environmental system

• Implementation and maintenance of the Health, Safety and Environmental systems
• HSEC Online
• Isometrix
• Implementation of the Legal Compliance Registers
• Manage the completion of all relevant documents accurately and timeously by applicable stakeholders.
• Verify that all client and Company policies and procedures are always adhered too.
• Provide on the job training and coaching for all HSE related matters.

Risk Assessment

• Development and regularly review the site baseline risk assessment (BLRA), Issue base Risk Assessment (IBRA) in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
• In consultation with the team, develop and maintain a register of upcoming activities to ensure the timeous development and finalisation of related risk documentation and procedures and the assignment of.
• Co-ordinate and facilitate the development of issued-based and task specific risk assessments with the onsite team.
• Co-ordinate and provide coaching to line managers to ensure regular pre-work risk assessment are conducted prior to commencing with activities.
• Facilitate the training of all employees in the risk assessment and procedures.
• Conduct regular reviews of the application of the risk management process and the quality thereof through field verifications and correct deviations where they exist.

Communication & Development

• Coordinate the development of HSE related awareness material and these are communicated in the Toolbox talks to the workforce.
• Maintain regular communication with stakeholders to ensure they remain abreast of successes and concerns.

Client management

• Keep abreast of all Client requirements.
• Respond timeously to Client requests.

Site inspections

• Conduct statutory and regular site inspections. Verify compliance to policies, procedures and the HSE system requirements.
• Conduct regular site inspections to identify any unsafe conditions or behaviour and reinforce safe behaviours.
• Establish a program for inspections and verifications and measure the achievement of the program.

Administrative functions

• Statistics and SHE reports are accurately captured and reported weekly and monthly to the Site Manager and HSEQ Department.
• Liaison with client on site reference documentation standards.
• Ensure that a filing system is kept as per our minimum standards.
• Ensure that reporting to the client on site is accurate and correct.
• Coordinate that all equipment and tool are inspected by competent personnel and registers maintained and over inspected.

Records

• Keeping records of inspection findings and action solutions.
• Maintain an event register of incidents and accidents.
• Analyse trends and recommend suggested actions for implementation by the team.
• Capture and report on leading and lagging indicators for site and recommend improvement actions where deviations are observed.

Incident Investigations

• Lead and direct all incident investigations, driving actions and outcomes through to final completion and closure.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis.
• Ensure correct reporting channels are followed on site as well as to Head Office Support functions.
• Ensure investigations and associated reports are timeously completed
• Follow up on corrective actions to be implemented and advise the site team on overdue actions.
• Liaise closely with clients throughout the accident investigations.

Emergency preparedness

• Ensure the establishment and availability of an emergency preparedness procedure for the site.
• Schedule and coordinate the execution of regular risk-based emergency preparedness drills, documenting findings and implement improvements

Site HSE Audits

• Establish an internal and external audit plan that is inclusive of own and contractor activities.
• Conduct audits in line with procedures.
• Participate in Head office quarterly audits and ensure findings are closed timeously.

Occupational Hygiene

• Ensure site policies and procedures are being adhered to.
• Identify needs for hygiene assessment and monitoring programmes.
• Develop, implement strategies to reduce exposure to communicable diseases and Hazardous biological agents.

Planned task observation

• Establish a schedule for the execution of PTO's.
• Coordinate the execution of Planned Task Observations on all staff in line with the planned schedule.
• Identify deviations observed during the observation process and implement actions in consultation with the team to close-out.
• Correct behavioural and procedural inefficiencies based on expected outcomes.

SHE Representatives

• Participate in client H&S committee meetings on a periodic basis.

Training

• Facilitate in-house and external HSE training.
• Ensure safety training needs are identified and communicated to site management.
• Ensure documented proof is kept of all Safety related training done.
• Ensure safety training is in line with modern practices, procedures and legislation.
• Ensure training statistics are forwarded timeously to site management and SHE Manager.
• Update personnel files with relevant valid competencies.
• Maintain a site training matrix.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric (Grade 12) or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED courses (e.g., N3 Certificate)
• SAMTRAC/Comsoc 1 or 2
• ISO certification (9001:2015; 14001:2015, 45001:2018)
• Mine Health & Safety Act Legal liability
• Nebosh Certification IGC / National Diploma (NADSAM)
• Risk assessment
• ICAM / RCAT / TAP Root
• Driver's License for manual vehicle an added advantage

EXPERIENCE

• At-least 3 years demonstrated HSE experience in an operational environment
• At-least 2 years Mine Health and Safety Act knowledge and experience
• Minimum 1 year ISO 9001 Quality Management training
• Minimum 1 year ISO 14001 Environmental Management training
• Minimum 1 year ISO4500 Training
• At-least 3 years Knowledge of safety procedures
• At-least 3 years Knowledge of legislative compliance requirements e.g. COIDA, OHSA, Legal Liability, Accident/Incident Investigation